M&A
J&J accepts $4 bn bid from Carlyle for its ortho-clinical diagnostics business
01 Apr 2014
Johnson & Johnson's ortho-clinical diagnostics unit was created in 1994 when it acquired the clinical diagnostics division of Eastman Kodak and formed Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, which was then merged in 1997 with Ortho Diagnostic Systems
Scotland’s Weir Group eyes $5.5 bn buyout of Finnish rival Metso Oyj
01 Apr 2014
Scottish pump and drilling equipment maker Weir Group is in talks to buy Finnish rival Metso Oyj in a $14.17-billion deal
Babcock to buy Spanish helicopter transport services firm Avincis for $1.5 bn
27 Mar 2014
In addition to paying $1.5 billion, British defence support and engineering services group Babcock International will also assume £705 million of Avincis’s net debt taking the total deal value to about $2.76 billion
Telenor Broadcast sells Conax to Swiss group
26 Mar 2014
Facebook to buy virtual reality headset maker start-up Oculus for $2 bn
26 Mar 2014
Making its second mega acquisition this year, Facebook yesterday struck a deal to buy 20-month start-up Oculus VR Inc, a maker of a virtual reality headset, for $2 billion in cash and stock
Kodak seeks buyer for its Eastman Business Park
26 Mar 2014
Eastman Kodak Co, which last year emerged from bankruptcy, is seeking a buyer for its Eastman Business Park – one of the largest industrial and technology parks in the US